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Get free joe today for National Coffee Day

This product image provided by Dunkin' Donuts shows the chain's new "Croissant Donut," which will be launched nationally for a limited time starting Nov. 3, 2014. It comes more than a year after the Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City introduced its now-trademarked Cronut, which became a viral sensation and spawned numerous knockoffs. (AP Photo/Dunkin Donuts)(Photo: Jim Scherer)

To celebrate National Coffee Day today, many metro Detroit coffee shops are offering free or discounted coffee drinks.

Participating Dunkin’ Donuts have brewed up several offers. You can get one free medium cup of hot or iced Rainforest Alliance Certified dark roast coffee. Dunkin’ Donuts is also giving all DD Perks Rewards members a coupon via e-mail or their mobile app for a free coffee or any Dunkin’ Donuts beverage that’s good until the end of the year. If you're not a member, anyone who enrolls today will receive four free coffees via e-mailed and mobile app coupons. The DD Perks Rewards program is where guests earn five points for every dollar they spend on most purchases at Dunkin’ Donuts.

Participating Krispy Kreme Doughnut locations are offering a free 12-ounce cup of coffee with a free original glazed doughnut. Whole Foods Markets has been marking the occasion all month with 25 cent cups of coffee through Sept. 30.

Instead of giving away free coffee on National Coffee Day, Starbucks is giving back. The coffee chain will honor the farmers and the families behind coffee by reminding customers of where their cup began — as a small bean, growing on a tree. Starting today, each time someone buys a bag of coffee over the next year, Starbucks says a tree will be planted in a community that needs one on their behalf.

To kick off the Starbucks One Bag for Every Tree Commitment project, Starbucks is planting 1 million coffee trees in farming communities that need help.